TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reader,John
AU  - Reader,John
TI  - Potato: a history of the propitious esculent 
SN  - 0300141092
AV  - SB211 .P8 R43 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Haven, Connecticut
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Food crops
KW  - History
KW  - Potato industry
KW  - Potatoes
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Originally published as: Propitious esculent. London : William Heinemann, 2008; Printed on acid-free paper; Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index; South America --; To Mars from the Andes --; What exactly is a potato? --; Domestication --; Whence have they come? --; A dainty dish --; Europe --; The lonely impulse of delight --; The way it was --; The demoralising esculent --; Where the praties grow --; Seeds of famine --; Woe the sons of Adam! --; The world --; The fatal malady --; Co-opting science --; Men on a mission --; Global voyage --; Developing worlds --; For the price of apples
N2  - "This delightful book tells the history of the potato, from its origins in Incan gardens thousands of years ago to its place on a NASA manned rocket destined for Mars. Less humble than it may seem, the potato has played a crucial role in human history wherever people have embraced it as a staple food."--Back cover
ER  -